Folding table



Au 10 ,[1926. I 1,595,129 I 1 v A. WAGNER.

FOLDING TABLE Filed July 2, 1924 Patented Aug. 1Q, 19226.

, UNITE STATES. PATENT oriric.

Application filed July 2,

The object of my invention is folding table in which the folding legs each comprises an upper member hinged to the table top and a lower member hinged to the 5 free end ofthe upper member, thus providing'a structure in which the legs are capable of being folded within the plane of the table top frameand are capable of being unfolded to position the table top at the 1 desired height from the floor and at the same time allowing the provision of a table top of small size, rendering the table particularly well adapted for use in crowded quarters as for instance where a large number of tables are desired to be used in a given space. I A- further object is to provide novel means for 100 g the lower leg members tightly to the upper leg members when the legs are unfolded for use so that the legs will be very rigid.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawin which- 1g. 1 represents a bottom plan view of.

the table with the legs folded within the plane of the table top frame. '1

Fig. 2 represents table with the leg in use.

Fig. 3 represents a detail section taken in the plane of the line III-III of Fig. 2.

The table top is-denoted by encircling table top frame by 2. Each of the-folding legs comprises an upper leg member 3 hinged to the table top and a lower leg member 4 hinged to the upper leg member soas to permit the lower leg member to be folded back along the up er leg member within the plane of the ta 1e top frame when the leg is in its folded 0- sition against the underside of the table top.

In the resent instance the upper le member of each leg is shown as provided with a laterally extended hub 5, pivotally secured between a block 6 and the table top frame 2.

A rigid dia nal brace 7 leads from the upper leg inem or to the hub and a swin 'n diagonal brace 8 is ivoted at 9 to the table top '2, which brace as a notch 10 arranged to engage a lock pin 11 projectin from the upper leg member 3,"a keeper 12 being proto produce a a detail side view of the unfolded and looked, as

which finger stance, forme 'wardly to form 1 and the,

I enabled to'produce a folding 1924. Serial m5. 723,680.-

close to the underside of the table top within the plane of the table top frame.

Means are provided for tightly locking the two leg, members in their unfolded position in alinement, which means is con structed, arranged and operated as follows: U-shaped slide 15 snugly embraces the three sides of the le hinge, the sides of w 'ch slide are provided with cam slots 16 in which are located pins 17 which project from the opposite sides of 3. This slide 15 has an open slot 18 in its lower end for receiving the shankof a screw 19 carried by the lower leg member, the head of which screw shoulder and the leg member the slide is locked. when the slide is in its extended posltion.

with a finger piece for operating the slide,

dpiece is, in the present inby bending the slide outan ear 20. eai s are provided for, preventing the lower leg members from swinging away from the upper legmembers when the legs are folded against the undersid'e of the table top, which means are herein shown as comprising the blocks 21, 22 and the bar 23.

he inclination of the cam slots 16 in the sides of the slide serve to draw the meeting ends of the leg members tightly together to make the leg rigid.

It will be seen that by providing the folding legs with folding leg members I am table having a relatively small top and relatively long legs, thereby permitting the placing of more tables in a limited space than has heretofore been possible and at the same time positioning the table tops at the desired height fromthe floor.

It is evident that various changes ma be resorted "to in the construction, form an arrangement of the several parts without de- 7 not connected by the The upper end of the slide is provided parting from the spirit and scope 'of my invention; hence, I do not intend to be limited to the particular embodiment herein shown and described, but- I I What I claim is In a folding table, the rectangular table top, the encircling frame and the folding legs, each leg comprising an upper leg member arranged to fold along one side of the table top frame against the underside of the table top, a lower leg member hinged to the upper leg member so as to permit the ,lower leg member to be folded back along the upper leg the table top folded position, means for tightly locking the two leg members together in their unfolded position in alinement, and means on the underside of the table top for preventing the lower leg member from its upper leg member when the leg is folded against the underside of the table top.

. In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as m invention, I have signed my name this 30th day of June 1924.

. ANDREW WAGNER.

member within the plane of 1 frame when the leg is in its 15 from swinging away 20 

